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151. The Cunning Craftsman, God

Luke 18:9-14

Sermon

Allan J. Weenink

... is an exemplary churchman, devout in his religious duties and astonishingly generous in supporting the church budget. Yet in reality, his prayer had a hollow ring. In it we find every shibboleth of superiority and sanctimony. There is no compassion, no love, no sympathy, no concern for his poor brother standing by in obvious and abject misery. There is no humility. He seeks nothing from God except an ear to hear his accredited achievements. Unconscious of defect, he raises no cry to that completeness "which ...

152. An Overflowing Heart

Luke 7:11-17

Children's Sermon

Wesley T. Runk

... of a woman whose husband had died a long time ago. Just imagine how sad that woman must have felt. She was now all alone, for both her husband and her son had died. The Bible tells us that when Jesus saw this woman he was so filled with sympathy that his heart just overflowed with a feeling that he wanted to help her. Now you might think that someone like Jesus who knew everything about life and death would not think too much about someone dying or feel special about a certain problem. But the Bible says ...

153. Defended By the Divine

Mark 14:1-11

Sermon

Barbara Brokhoff

... some good intention, and do not act upon it immediately, and the opportunity never affords itself another time. This offering of Mary was one that was not "too late." A woman called me long distance, lately, to tell me of the death of her mother. After expressing sympathy and condolences, I noted, as is often the case, that something other than grief was troubling her - guilt. She said: "I wish I had been kinder to her, done more things for her, visited her more often. I could have, but I thought I was too ...

154. When Christians Quarrel: Resolving Conflict in the Church

Matthew 18:15-20

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... her as irreclaimable. However, Jesus never set limits to human forgiveness. Remember what he told Peter? We must forgive seventy times seven. William Barclay reminds us in his commentary that when Jesus spoke of Gentiles and tax collectors, he always did so with sympathy and gentleness with an appreciation of their good qualities. "It may be that Jesus was saying something like this: ‘When you have done all this, when you have given the sinner every chance, and when he remains stubborn, you may think he ...

155. Forgiveness Unlimited

Matthew 18:21-35

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... had no corn to plant for next year’s harvest, the troubled father went out one night and sowed the neighbor’s field, explaining: "I went and sowed seed in my enemy’s field that God might exist." Just as someone who has suffered grief can best give sympathy to those who grieve, just as a person who has lost his job can offer help to an unemployed person, just as someone who has been divorced can best help someone going through divorce, so we, who know what it is to have the tremendous weight of guilt ...

156. When We Mourn

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... blue, Flower-strewn pathways All our lives through. God hath not promised Sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, Peace without pain. But God hath promised Strength for the day, Rest for the labor, Light for the way, Grace for the trials Help from above Unfailing sympathy Undying love. - Annie Flint In Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of a storm, he describes a ship caught off a rocky coast threatening death to all on board. When terror among the people was at its worst, one man, more daring than the rest ...

157. Christ the King

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

Jerry L. Schmalemberger

... jail?’ The hungry, the thirsty, the homeless, the naked, the physically afflicted, and the prisoner are made the test. What we have done for them, or failed to do, is judgment on us by our king. Notice well the list; such people require of us sympathy, both in imagination and in the deed. They demand real self-denial, for none of the unfortunates mentioned can quickly make recompense. They ask obedience to God’s quickening within us, for ‘love is of God’ " (1 John 4:7 - The Interpreter’s Bible ...

158. Getting Under Your Neighbor's Skin

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

Bill Bouknight

... obtain mercy." In the original Aramaic which Jesus spoke, the word "merciful" means literally "to get under someone's skin." It means to wear his skin, as it were; to see life from his perspective, to stand in his shoes. It means more than sympathy; it means active empathy or merciful understanding. I find several truths here. The first is this: Merciful. Let me illustrate. A prominent minister was holding a weekend seminar at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, several years ago. He kept noticing a man in the ...

159. Night Fighters

Sermon

James Bjorge

... pathways All our lives through; God hath not promised Sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, Peace without pain. But God hath promised Strength for the day, Rest for the labor, Light for the way, Grace for the trials, Help from above, Unfailing sympathy, Undying love. Through the struggle of the night countless men and women, night fighters, have through their torment won spiritual stature. That first Christmas found darkness filling every crevice. Men had lost hope. The centuries had passed and it seemed as ...

160. Christmas Concern

Sermon

James Bjorge

... . Some of us are like that. It is easy to become calloused and hard and a bit indifferent to the tragedies of human existence. But Jesus never did allow that to happen in himself. He was too much a man to weep for himself or in a desire for sympathy ... but he cried for others as he entered into their lives. So, hurting people felt comfortable with Jesus for they sensed that he hurt with them. The woman at the well knew her sin. She shunned the contact with people who made her despise herself all the more ...

161. THE RECEPTIONIST

Drama

Jerome W. Nilssen

... SETH But that’s the point - everything my brother makes works, even his mistakes. The last I heard he was working on an artificial arm. It fits over your real arm, only it makes it look like you’ve got a wooden one. It’s supposed to be a great sympathy-getter. He’s advertising it now in all the comic books. GRACE It all sounds pretty silly to me. SETH He’ll probably make a million. GRACE And then you’ll inherit it. SETH No, I’ve got it all figured out, my brother should have died twenty years ...

162. How Do You Like Yourself?

1 Peter 3:8-22

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... ? In simplest terms, then, you live with yourself by living IN others within the beloved community and as that community makes its impact upon the outside world. How does Peter put it? This is a great formula for living with yourself: "Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love of the brethren, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not render evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but, on the contrary, give a glessing, for this you have been called, to bless and thus to inherit a blessing."

163. Snoring through Sermons

Sermon

Michael J. Anton

... to starve and die from it. We’re told the Vietnam war is over, but daily reports tell us not so. What about amnesty for those who avoided Vietnam for their own reasons? Will we make up our minds on that issue, based only on patriotic feelings or sympathy for what we think is humane or our peculiar concept of justice, or will we seek to know God’s message in amnesty? And bring it closer to home. That friend who is having marital problems, do we see that friend as one who is bearing a message from ...

164. To Our Heart’s Content

Isaiah 61:1-11

Sermon

Susan Hedahl

... the temple in Jerusalem for a blessing. This was no doubt similar to most parents’ nervous experience of taking the baby out in public for the first time. Mary and Joseph must have stood out as new parents and, as new parents do, they elicited sympathy and interest of strangers who would want to encourage them and put them at ease. Biblical accounts tell us that two elderly faithful followers of God saw Jesus and responded with overwhelming joy to his presence there. Anna and Simeon each had heard God’s ...

165. It Isn't Fair!

Matthew 20:1-16

Sermon

Brett Blair

... American way. That runs counter to our whole system of justice and fair play. Who would work all day if you could simply wait till the last hour and then collect a day’s pay? The fact is that deep within us we have a kind of sympathy for those grumbling laborers. The story that Jesus told turns our whole economic system upside down. Simon must have been particularly offended by the story because it is obvious who he identifies with. He sees himself as that laborer who was chosen early in the morning and ...

166. Call Waiting

1 Samuel 3:1--4:1

Sermon

Frederick C. Edwards

... of us are. The chief criticism of Eli was that he was unable to control his unruly and contemptuous sons. Still God calls us through the imperfect examples of people like ourselves. (Bible scholars feel the condemnation of Eli may have been a later addition.) We may feel some sympathy with Eli if we are at all aware of our own failings. But still God uses us in amazing ways and with a power that often astounds us. A mother called me one day to invite me to her son’s Eagle Scout ceremony. She said, "I want ...

167. The Centurion - Arranging Death, Announcing Life

Mark 15:33-41

Sermon

Carl E. Zahrte

... Jesus and then tell his accusers at least three times, "I find this man innocent." I saw the governor try to defend his contention that Jesus was innocent, by taking water and washing his hands in front of the people. Yes, I saw him even try to gain some sympathy, or perhaps satisfy the mob’s cry for blood, by giving orders that Jesus should be scourged. It was some of the men under my command who stripped Jesus and tied him to a post, and I saw the whip lash across his back again, and again, and again ...

168. When God Was Nothing

Philippians 2:1-11

Sermon

Brett Blair

... . We can only continue to encourage one another as long as we know the encouragement that comes from Christ our brother. We can only continue in tenderness because God in Christ has brought to this harsh world his divine tenderness. _________ 1. NIV uses tenderness in verse 1 – NRSV uses sympathy

169. A Man Who Wanted to Burn a City

Luke 9:46-50

Sermon

R. Blaine Detrick

... , zeal and enthusiasm, conviction and ambition, became a Son of Tenderness. In his life we can see what happens to these qualities when they are turned over to the control of Jesus. Beware of any person who shows no sign of tenderness ... no sympathy ... no emotion ... no feeling ... no tears. Humans were not intended to be harsh and heartless, cold and cruel, irritable and insensitive. And only under the transforming, redeeming influence of Jesus do we become the kind of persons we ought to be ... the kind ...

170. Goodness Is Not Good Enough

Mark 10:17-31

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... joy. Scrooge, overpowered with unaccustomed emotion, hangs his head in penitence and grief. Last of all, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come guides him to a group of business associates discussing a colleague’s death - that of Scrooge - with little sympathy and much disdain. Bob Crachit’s home is revisited, and Scrooge learns that Tiny Tim is residing elsewhere for treatment of his "incurable" condition. Finally, Scrooge stands at a fresh grave. With horror, he sees his name upon the marker, and ...

171. Let’s Climb a Mountain

Matthew 5:1-12

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... to strive for righteousness. A. They applaud the compassionate for their works of mercy. "The merciful are the men and women who banish all feelings of revenge and ill will out of their hearts and who seek to cultivate an attitude of love and sympathy toward all mankind, especially toward the disenfranchised and dispossessed." But it is more than an attitude. It is action, too. Mercy is a tender heart with a helping hand attached. The merciful person works to relieve the agony of those who feel the squeeze ...

172. Happiness Is ... the Kingship of Jesus

John 18:28-40

Sermon

James W. Robinson

... law to baptize. Violators were sent to jail. One pastor, said Rongong, defied the law and baptized five people. He was brought to trial, convicted, and sentenced to jail for eleven years. Some called the man foolish for having broken the law. Many felt great sympathy for him. But the pastor had placed himself under the kingship of Christ. Rongong reported that he was having the time of his life! He was witnessing to his fellow prisoners and telling them about his Lord. Rongong did not say how the pastor’s ...

173. How Can We Meet Grief?

2 Samuel 18:19--19:8

Sermon

Edward Chinn

... do peopie try to hide their grief? Sometimes, no doubt, it is because they are unwilling to add the weight of their grief to the woes already being carried by other people. Furthermore, people who do not declare their grief may fear that the sympathy they will receive from others who see them vent their grief will dissolve their own self-control. Still another reason people do not declare their grief is because of pride. They enjoy the reputation of strength which unexpressed grief earns them. As an unknown ...

174. Proper 24

Isaiah 52:13--53:12, Hebrews 4:14-5:10, Mark 10:35-45

Bulletin Aid

Paul A. Laughlin

... pray. Teach us to regard suffering as a part of life, and to seek to benefit from it rather than to blame. In the name of the suffering but triumphant Christ we pray. Amen Second Lesson: Hebrews 4:14-16 Theme: The Savior’s sympathy Exegetical Note These verses begin the author’s full development of a central theme: Christ’s high priesthood. A key part of the argument is that Christ, because of his full humanity and heavenly abode, is sympathetic, especially with human weaknesses. The idea that Jesus ...

175. The Crisis of Commitment

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sermon

Louis H. Valbracht

... Scribes, and the Pharisees. This was the epitome of evil - evil done for a supposedly religious motive. Sometimes it’s difficult to remember how unabashedly debased and barbaric men can become. They witness a scene that should bring forth all of the sympathy and tenderness that a human heart might evoke, and there is nothing except this devilish demonstration of animal cruelty. We can remember that some years later, when the Christian martyrs were executed under the Emperor Nero, it was the custom of the ...

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